Darius Bazley | Chicago Bulls Post-Game | Feb. 12, 2022
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00:00 Well, set a tone from the very beginning of this game.
00:02 How did it feel on the floor in those first maybe six,
00:06 eight minutes as you all kind of put your foot down?
00:09 To be honest, I'm not I'm not really trying to like.
00:16 Feel good about the first six eight minutes.
00:21 We gotta do a better job.
00:23 You know, coming out of half closing the half.
00:27 You know, obviously in the fourth throws and
00:30 did what he did.
00:31 I know it's really big for them,
00:33 but you know we we gotta do a better job and
00:35 I don't like the excuse that we're young,
00:38 unexperienced.
00:38 I really don't care.
00:41 You know, so I I could care less
00:43 about the beginning of the game.
00:45 How we started, you know we we gotta.
00:47 That should be mandatory every night.
00:49 We should.
00:50 That should be it.
00:51 You know, hitting shots you can't control that,
00:53 but coming out being physical
00:55 and throwing the first punch.
00:57 And you know, stepping up doing
00:58 we supposed to do defensively.
01:00 That should be every night thing.
01:02 So I don't really care about that.
01:06 I'm just frustrated that.
01:08 We that that we lost.
01:10 I mean we we had the game,
01:11 you know, in a grip and I thought
01:14 we could have won it, but no.
01:17 Just didn't do the right things.
01:19 You know myself included.
01:21 Miss a lot of shots.
01:24 No defensively,
01:25 I thought could have did a little
01:27 bit better job on Vucevic, but.
01:29 Yeah.
01:30 For you, guarding everybody from
01:34 Kobe White to to Rosen who's trying
01:37 to draw fouls all the time and then
01:39 having to guard which which two as
01:42 the game went on. Um?
01:45 It's cool, you just gotta stay
01:47 mentally locked in 'cause they're
01:49 three different players.
01:50 You know, chasing Kobe writes
01:52 Kobe White around screens.
01:54 Closing out, you know,
01:55 to the touch against him.
01:59 No, there wasn't on,
02:00 you know what he wants to do.
02:02 No, tried to film without filing.
02:04 I found him once on jumper and then
02:07 Vucevic you know he's a big body
02:10 trying to push him out. Denying the catch.
02:13 Yeah, so I mean.
02:18 Just gotta just gotta mentally be
02:20 locked in with that stuff because
02:21 like I said, it's three different guys.
02:24 You know you can be matched
02:25 on to him at any time so.
02:27 First answer something tied
02:30 Jerome is said like no moral victories.
02:33 Yeah, there's lessons learned,
02:34 but no more victories.
02:35 Do you view yourself as like a leader
02:37 in that in that regard of of making
02:40 sure that this team stays laser focused
02:42 on on on learning and getting better?
02:44 Yeah, I think there's you know a
02:49 right place and time for everything.
02:51 You know, sometimes when I see things,
02:54 you know, falling apart or.
02:56 We come to a huddle and you know.
03:00 Something needs to be said.
03:03 You know, I'll I'll say it.
03:04 Yeah.
03:11 What was I think he described you
03:16 as a perfectionist and how you're
03:18 really hard on yourself?
03:19 Like how much that like comes through
03:21 even as you talk, how much does that
03:23 fuel your like improvement and you
03:25 know wanting to get better setting
03:27 the tone defensively and all of that stuff?
03:29 I mean. As very true,
03:32 it's a gift and a curse.
03:35 I'm extremely hard on myself.
03:36 I have a you know a high bar,
03:41 not only for myself but my teammates.
03:44 You know, I know we're capable of doing.
03:45 I know what they're what
03:46 they're capable of doing.
03:49 You know, like I said,
03:49 it's a gift and a curse.
03:50 It's a gift because like you said,
03:52 it helps you know when it
03:53 comes to my improvement.
03:54 You know I seek to get better every day.
03:56 I seek to learn from you know
03:58 different lessons like go back and
04:00 watch film and learn from it.
04:02 You know, but it's also a curse
04:04 because I'm just so hard on myself.
04:06 Like sometimes it's hard to,
04:07 you know,
04:08 kind of get myself out of all the wrong,
04:11 you know, and seeing the good.
04:15 It's usually not till later till
04:16 I'm able to like kind of pull
04:17 myself out and see the things
04:19 that went well.
04:20 I just kind of focus on
04:23 correcting the bad stuff.
04:25 But I know you can't be perfect, but.
04:29 Doesn't matter to me.
04:32 That's how I would like it to be.
04:33 Your next chance to play will
04:36 be fast in Square Garden.
04:38 Would that mean a little extra to you?
04:39 It does for most guys just because
04:41 it's the center of basketball.
04:42 Kind of, oh, it'll definitely
04:44 be cool to play there.
04:47 You know, but I'm just.
04:49 More so, you know, focus on like.
04:52 Just defending.
04:56 You know, I don't know if
04:57 I'll be national Randall.
04:59 I hope so.
05:01 Just that that kind of gets me
05:03 going like the matchups,
05:04 you know, to be able to go guard somebody,
05:07 whether they get the best of me or you know,
05:09 I get the best of them.
05:11 You know, as a part of competition.
05:14 But I mean, it definitely be a
05:15 cool experience to play there.
05:17 Uhm, you know,
05:18 I know their fans are crazy.
05:20 I don't think I got to play
05:21 there my rookie year 'cause I was
05:23 hurting and last year it was COVID.
05:25 So I mean, it'll be cool to be in there.
05:29 And see that environment play in there.
05:32 It's definitely something
05:33 I think I remember,
05:34 but I just get more excited for
05:37 the matchups and just the competition
05:39 itself more than like the arenas.
05:42 And you know,
05:43 environments and stuff like that.
05:46 Lou in that fourth quarter when
05:47 the offense is kind of slow,
05:49 it's able to seem like just generate
05:50 and keep the keep the scoreboard
05:52 moving by getting to the free throw line.
05:53 Just what did you see from him
05:55 that this demonstrates
05:56 there for you guys offensively?
05:57 I mean, he was doing that all game.
05:58 You know, being aggressive.
06:01 We just.
06:02 I don't even want to get in trouble.
06:04 We finally started getting some calls, man.
06:07 You know, finally start blowing the whistle.
06:11 And no, he wants to free throw line.
06:14 Knock him in.
06:16 You know it was big,
06:17 but you know he was aggressive.
06:19 I mean a lot of guys were, but.
06:21 I only want to keep talking.
06:25 I'm probably already in trouble,
06:27 so I don't care.
06:28 Thank you.
06:29 >> Thank you.
06:30 >> Thank you.
06:31 >> Thank you.